Spray-on-mulch technology for intensively grown irrigated apple orchards: Influence on tree establishment, early yields, and soil physical properties

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 398-411

  Cline, John ^a   Neilsen, Gerry ^b   Hogue, Eugene ^b   Kuchta, Shawn ^b   Neilsen, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Application technology; Malus domestica; Organic amendments

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80052009122     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.4.398     Document Type: Article

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